PSA: Droids are people, too.
Well, maybe not. But they still have feelings.
Actor Kal Penn apparently forgot that while filming Nissan’s new commercial promoting “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.”
Penn highlights Nissan Intelligent Mobility, the automaker’s advanced safety system, in the 30-second ad, and accidentally let R2-D2 overhear him say, “When your car is this intelligent, who needs a droid?”
In our opinion, we all should be asking a different question: When your car is this intelligent, why doesn’t it come with a droid?
New vehicles come packed with so much technology, their computers probably already have the same processing power as your average R2 unit. Maybe automakers should start fitting them with droids — sort of like a real-life Siri — so interacting with your in-car technology isn’t as mundane.
